I finally traced my great grandmother down to entering the USA in 1905, however I cannot locate ship records, etc.

Name: Francis Bruno, born 1889/1890
Married: Joseph Yanni - he arrived in 1908
They lived in Lower Burrell in 1910 (name on record was Ynni), I have that documentation She came from Amanta, Italy in the Cosenza Region. Her mother's name was Carmella, she had a brother Joseph and a sister Minnie.

She is such a mystery and I really want to track her down.

Thans for your help.

Also looking for information on Eugenio Zanandrea from Mussolente and Dominico Dolcemore I have their info from Ellis Island but nothing from Italy.
from Pallargio

Look at the following manifest. This individual is listed as male, but there is something written above the first name on the manifest (possibly the letters fem for feminine?). The sex on the manifest could be wrong and this may be your Francesca. (my great grandmother was incorrectly listed as male on her manifest, but she was already married and her destination was to her husband, so I knew it was her). This Francesco(a) was traveling with Saverio Bruno, age 46, her father ?, going to his brother-in- law named Gaetano Caruso in Brockswayville Pa. The age is right for your Francesca, so possibly this is her.

I can't guarantee that that is your Frances on the manifest. The other possibility is that she traveled with her mother and is listed under her mother's maiden name. The only way to possibly find her that way would be to search on www.stevemorse.org. Search on the first form which comes up-the gold form. Put in her first name and just the town name. Leave her last name blank on the form. Let's try that and see if we get any other potential hits. You can also simultaneously do a sound search of the town name in case it is misspelled on the manifest

I really think that is here. No one elses comes up on that website during that time period. I do have census documentation from 1910 that does put her in the Brockway area and I still do have family in that general vicinity. Now to trace my grandfather Joseph Yanni. What a journey!!

Just wanted to make sure you had the information. The son named Sam could have been named for Saverio Bruno, although I find it odd that he is the last born son and not the second born son unless they had another son with that name before John who had died and then they used the name again. Normally the second son was named after the wife's father.

As to the manifest with that Francesco Bruno, I also went through the detainee list, and list of aliens held over for special inquiry for that ship, as I thought that one of those lists might have additional info that might help determine if these were the correct people, but they weren't on either list.

Sam was one of the son's of Frances and Joseph. They called him Ponce for some reason. He died in the 1960's in New Kensington, PA. His siblings were Frank, John, Salvatore (Jimmy), Anna (they called her Lena), Elizabeth (Peggy)...my grandmother, Tony, and Samuel. After Joseph died, she married Dominico Dolcemore (changed his name to Dalcherone) and they had 3 more children, Rachael, Mary, and Rose.

my grandfather was Salvatore (Jimmy) Dalcherone, and after highschool, found out his birth surname was Yanni, and so was known as Jimmy Yanni for the rest of his life. He had two sons, James (of Wexford) and Jack (of Palmyra). Both are still alive. I am Mark, James oldest son. We will be getting together with cousin, Tony Zanandrea quite soon.